Combined chair and carrier unit



Patented Aug. 21, 1934 UNI-TED S; bP F- monly called chairv and carrier units.

V in'such adjusted relation. 25"

COMBINED 01mm ANn-oARinEn UNIT 1 Frank Riddell, rhiladelpni frai JApplication July 30,1932, Serial N5; 626,799

' 7 Claims. (o 1 4 -25 2) v The object 01 the invention is to provide improvement in that type of device, widely employed to operatively support, toilet closets, or bowls, urinals, wash basins, mop sinks, etc., ancl'com- In the placement of these units, the chairs are first set"and secured in position prior to and aided by the installation of the usual concrete, tile or other type of flooring, after which the toilet bowls and other sanitarydevices areattached to said chairs through, the medium of the carriers, which are. required to support the said devices entirely independently of the tile, glass,'marble, or other wall materials, Consequently, after a relatively rough setting of the chairs, it is highly advisable that the carriers may be universally adjustable with respect thereto, in order that said devices may be aligned and otherwise properly s t o o Another object'therefore is to provide an 'improved means for universally adjusting the car-'- rierfwithrespect to the-chair of each unit, and thereafter securing said chair andcarrier fixedly Furthermore, it has been found highly desir able to. provide the combination of a given chair with'a single carrier, which latter in either up-- right orinverted position will accommodate two I or more different types of sanitary or other de- 30 vices, or willbe'adapted to at leasttwo forms-of the same device, as for instance the well knownblowout and siphon jet bowls; such development eliminating the present necessity of keeping snch a large number of parts in stock, or even the provision of patterns for many of them."

Still another object has therefore been to provide" an improved shape or construction of carrierfwhich is adapted to be employed in cooperation with a single chair, the carrier to be equally operative whether upright or inverted, depending upon the need in any particular instance. f {-Withjthese and other objects in mind, the invention comprises further novel details of con struc'ti'on and operation, which are fully brought out'in the accompanying drawing, in which Figs; 1 to 4; incldsiv'e, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, Figs. 1 and '2 being respectively the front and side elevations of a combined chair and carrier arranged for supporting a so-called blow-- out closet or bowl, while Figs, 3 and 4 respectively I represent 'frontand side elevations of the same device arranged for operatively supporting alsocalled siphon jet-closet or bowl; Fig 5 is a top planview of the "chair per se; and Fig. 6is a side elevation partly in section showing the device sup-'- porting a siphon jet fbowl in combination with alead pipe connectionQ Referring tofFigs]. 1 to 5, inclusive, the improved chairelement' of thisjcombination comprises a preferably U-shaped substantially vertical plate. 1, having upwardly extending parallel arms 2, which'are spaced apart for a purpose hereinafter described. Said plate is maintained inoperative position by ,beingfa preferably integral extension of a usuallyfhori'zontally extending U-shaped base 3, having laterally spaced elongated feet i. In'order to strengthenthe arms 2 of the plate 1, either or both of the arms and plate may be.rein-, forcedby'rearwardlyextending flanges 5, between which flanges in the case of the-arms 2 there are provided (in this embodiment of the'invention) four or more'vertically elongated apertures 6. Thefo'ot extensions 4 of the base may also be reinforced by .means of,integral flanges '7, while saidjexten'sionS are provided with any desired number and arrangement of apertures 8 for bolting saidchair to a given support in'alignment. withthejsub floor line 9. When installing chairs of this character, they 'are placed in the desired position upon thesub-floor line, after which the concrete, cement, tile, or other flooring is laid thereupQn11 p t0 the finished floor line 10, from which ri'ses the tile, marble, glass, or other wall element'll, .to the rear orw'hich the plate 1 and arms 2 are positionedin the usual installation.

Theimprovedcarrier is'shown as comprising a plate 12, whichi may be ofjany desired shape, but which in this instance comprises vertically spaced, pairs .of iwings;l 3 and 14, which are respectivelyprovidedwith apertures through which bolts 1 5"an'd 15 respectively normally pass, in addition to saidbolts also' passing through the aperturesjfi of the vertical arms of the chair. It will benoticed that the carrier shown in Figs. 3 and {is of theLsame. construction as that shown in Figs; landz, but is inverted. As shown in Figs.

1 and 2, saidcarrier comprises an integral ring portion 16', extending' fo'rwardly from the upper. portion of thefplateflll,between and preferably in horizontalalignment with the bolt-receiving apertures inthe wings13. This ring 16 in effect comprise's'fa: flange hr u h wh ch e d upp and lower pairsof threadedradially directed bores 17 and 18,through either of which pairs of bores machine fscrewsilq orthe likeare adapted to x nd. j'. 'i .7

,With the improved device as arranged in Figs. 1 and 2, a toiletbowlZi) of the blow-outtype may be operati lely supported by said carrier, without its weight,'or the weight of any object upon said bowl, being transferred to the wall 11. This is accomplished by so adjusting the upper bolts 15 and their nuts 21, that said bolts are rigidly secured to the carrier arms 2, after which a tightening of the nuts 22 upon said bolts secures the bowl in position against, but not tightly with respect to, the wall 11. Also, while the strain upon the bolts 15 is that of a longitudinal tension, a central thrust bolt 23 is provided. This bolt ex.- tends through the lower rearportion of the bowl and is positioned with respect thereto by means of nuts 24, the rearmost freely extending end portion of said thrust bolt being in engagement with the threaded aperture 25 in the lower portion of the carrier plate 12. Furthermore, in order to level the bowl 20 as an independent element and par- 1 ticularly when it is desired to align it with respect to neighboring bowls, the lower bolts-15% which pass only through the carrier wings and chair arms, are tightened after adjustment, as well as the upper bolts 15. The finer adjustment of the bowl than is permitted by the original placement of the chair is accomplished through therelatively universal adjustability of the carrier plate I2,Ithe

vertical adjustmentof which aslb efore statedis,

made possible by the vertically elongated shape. of the apertures 16, while the horizontal adjust ment or the lateral tilting of the carrier is'provided for by reason of thefactthat' the diameter of the bolts 15 and 15 is considerably less than. the width of the apertures 6. Finally, afterthe, proper adjustment of each of the bowls has been. attained, and there has been operatively con nected to it the usual threaded ferrule26. extending throughthe aperture in the ring 16, the bolts. 19 are tightened so as to more rigidly secure said ferrule with respect to the bowl, both of which elements are thereby. secured togetherand to said carrier. l Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be noted that the carrier is inverted, the bolts 19 inserted through the threaded boresll'l instead of the bores 18 as previously described, and the threaded aperture 25 no longer required for use. However,

" in this inverted position, said carrier is adapted to operatively support what is known as asiphbn' jet toilet bowl 27, the support and adjustment of. which is the same as hereinbefore described, with like elements bearing similar numerals of identification, except that instead of a'single centrally positioned thrust or tension" bolt, extending through the aperture 25, each of the upper and lower bolts 28 and 29 is of ,thesame lengthas the bolts 15 hereinbefore described However, in this arrangement, the rear'endsof the bolts 28 and 29 are secured to thecarrier arms 2 bymeans of the bolt heads 30 and jam nuts 3l, while the forward free ends of thebolts 28 and 29 pass through the rear flanged portion of the bowL-and carry respectively pairs of adjustable jam nuts 32. By

this arrangement, it is obviousthat a forward or rearward adjustment of the respective nut s'32 upon any one or more'bolts 28and129fefiects a tilting or lateral turning of the bowl, while-a'd f justment of the nuts 31 permits ia la'teral tilting transverse movement, or vertical shifting of said bowl with respect to its supporting chair.

Referring to Fig, 6, the structure hercin shownj is similar to that of Figs. 3 and 4, except that the ring 16 is threadedso as to receive therethrough' a threaded metal ferrule 33, of'the type used tosurround a lead pipe 34 when the latter is called forby the specification of a given installation, said ferrule being made to engage and compress an asbestos or other suitable l'gasket' 35between such ferrule and the rear portion of the bowl 27. As hereinbefore pointed out, the exact shape and arrangement of the parts of this device herein illustrated and described, are purely illustrative of one embodiment of the invention, as numerous alterations may be made in the same, without effecting or eliminating the functions hereinbefore brought out, including the universal nature ,of-the adjustment which this device provides, and the "fact that a single shape of :carrier is adapted for more than one type of toilet bowl, mop sink, urinal, or the like.

; Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The combination of a chair comprising a fixedelement, with a carrier comprising a plate, and'meansxto'simultaneously secure a member adjustable with respect to said plate and said plate to said element, so that relative adjustments between the member and saidelement can be ,made in three dimensions and the adjustable relation of said member with respect to said 'plate being independent of the relation of said plate to said element.

.2. The combination of a chair comprising a normallyupright element, with an invertible carrier comprising a plate having an aperture ad-i jacentto one end portion, and means to simul-[ taneously secure a toilet bowl, sink, or urinal, to said plate andsaid plate to said element, with agpipe leading to such bowl, sink, or urinal, passingthrough saidaperture, so that relative adjustments between the member and said element, can be made in three dimensions.

'BKThe combination, of a ,chair comprising a normally upright element, with an invertible car-' rier comprising a plate having an aperture ad: jacent to one end portion, means to simultaneous- 1y secure :a toilet bowl,.sink, or urinal, to, said plate andsaid plate to said element, with a pipe leadingto suchbowl, sink, or urinal, passing through said aperture, so that relative adjustments between the member and said element canbemade in three dimensions, and means tofixedlysecure the pipe in said aperture, to prevent its vibration with respect to the bowl, sink, or urinal. 1 1

4; combination of achair comprising a supporting member composed of a pair of spaced elements provided with elongated apertures, a plate having an aperture ;for a pipe connection in one end portion and adapted to be inverted, said plate also having spaced apertures adapted to receive boltsof smaller diameter, whichalso pass through said first apertures, to provide for adjustment in three dimensions and secure a bowl, sink, or urinal, to said plate and to said. member, while the pipe connection of such bowl, sink, or urinal, extends through the pipe aperture of said plate. 7 I

,5; The combination of a chair comprising a supporting member composed ofa pair of spaced elements provided with elongated apertures, a plate having an aperture for a pipe connection in one end .portion andadapted to be inverted, said plate also having spaced apertures adaptedto receive bolts of smaller diameter, which also pass through said first apertures, to provide for adjustment in three dimensions and secure a. bowl, sink, or hopper, to said plate and to said member, while the pipe connection of such bowl, sink, or urinal, extends through the pipe aperture of said plate, and means to secure a pipe connection said pipe aperture to prevent the pipe from vibrating with respect to bowl, sink, or urinal.

6. The combination of a chair comprising a supporting member composed of a pair of spaced elements provided with elongated apertures, an invertible plate having vertically spaced pairs of oppositely extending apertured ears, and a transversely centrally positioned enlarged aperture for the reception of a pipe connection to a bowl, sink,

or urinal, and bolts of less diameter than andelements provided with elongated apertures, an invertible plate having vertically spaced pairs of oppositely extending apertured ears, and a transversely centrally positioned enlarged aperture for the reception of a pipe connection to a bowl, sink, or urinal, bolts of less diameter than and extend- .ing through said ear and element apertures to secure said plate to said chair, one pair of said bolts securing said plate only to said chair, and another pair of said bolts having freely extending portions adapted with nuts carried thereby to secure a bowl, sink, or urinal, against separation from said plate and chair, said plate being provided with a threaded aperture, and a thrust bolt extending through and secured by nuts to such bowl, sink, or urinal, and preventing the normal lower portion of such bowl, sink, or urinal, from approaching said plate and chair closer than a predetermined distance.

' FRANK RIDDELL. 

